Just ordered a WRT54GS from buy.com

i'm assuming i will get a v1.1. i first discovered the 3rd party firmware such as alchemy and hyperWRT from the VoIP guys on BBR forums.. it seemed like a very safe flash for added features. after browsing around here i'm kinda nervous about the flash (looking at doing hyperWRT). i realize users who post are usually those having problems.. but what seems to be the success rate for the hardware i have on the way? i realize there probably isn't a definite number for this... but im just trying to get a better feeling about doing this. thanks.

You shouldn't have any problem flashing to HyperWRT. It is closer to the actual Linksys firmware than the others. Its a good idea to flash it from a wired connection rather than wireless (even though I've done that before heh). After you flash it, it is probably not necessary but a good idea to restore the factory defaults or do a reset to clear out the memory.

but the hyperWRT firmware is compatible with both revisions of the WRT54GS correct?

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The latest HyperWRT WRT54GS software is based on Linksys 3.37.2 firmware -- should be fine in either version. Check the version in your router -- Linksys has a habit of using the same version for different WRT versions.